St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-24
DIVINE ILLUMINATE
The Lives of a Great Many Chicago People
Controlled Entirely by Occult
Forces.
Nine. Blavatsky's Isis Unveiled" Said to
Have Replaced the Bible in Many
Houses.
A Little Insight Into the Work of Cora
V. Richmond, the Spirltualist
Leader

! a'sSAeh 1htO Vic w OTh O1 SoIc
| V. k1chmond, the Spirltualist
! Leader.
Inc illinois Woman's Press Associa-
tlon--Mrs. CIowry,s Musical
Works Numerous.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
CHICAGO, April %. The Other after
noon, in company with woman, a mem
Der OF the Chicago Theosophical society,
was proceeding in rational manner dOwI
Madison street when suddenly she grabbed
me by the arm and excitedly exclaimed
mere goes the greatest Occutist in town
lie Is president of our society,"" and liter
any dragged me across the street in pursuit
OF the man. We caught him or the corner
ana my companion told him she could no
t De present at the meeting that night
asked him If IL made any difference. anC
III a mysterious way reminded hin
that that was not to be produced
until neXt time. The great occultis
IS Il poem IN crushed strawberry. His hair
complexion. muStache. eyebrows and eye.
exhibit the rarest blending of crushed straw.
perry UNITS ever Seen.shFhere is nothns
else extraordinary in his appearance. yet
as we lett him. l was soberly assured tha
lie can create the purest quality of gold
| produce wonderful fluids from air, hea
| wounds and cure fevers by the simple Law
ing on of hands. and Go all sorts of marvel
Gus things. "TheoSophy has strong hold or
large number of persons here Their live:
are controlled entirely by occult forces.
! nave learned never to ask certain ones thu
why and wherefore of events, knowing
1ull We'll L will receive an ecstatic
ROLLING OF, THE EYES
anu an answer that only the initiated car
comprehend. One woman, who has gone
ueepiY INTO occultiSm, is confident that she
has unearthed all the mysteries of Free
masonry Oh the way, and proudly relate:
how she forced Sir Knight into buying {
new silk dress for his wife by threatening
To expose the carefully-guardei secrets O.
his order if he did not Another Younger
woman turns her command of Occul
powers to account in promoting self-im
provement. While she stands on platform
reading, paper Oh the Yoga philosophy, OF
some kindred subject, she projects hel
! astral BODY among the audience to listen t.
the criticisms OF others, and to listen to ant
cfltlcise the performance of its materia
counterpart on the stage. Think OF
a1airS Ill an enlightened community having
reached the point where child piteously
begs IFS mother not to walk the earth aftel
her death. Last night heard female
theosophlSt, in much the same benevolent
manner as she might promise child 6
stick OF candy, promise her daughter to an.
pear to her III her astral body Oh her de-
mise. "Oh, please don't" implored the
| girl 'hlt will hp hod b.
die, without having ghost around to make
life wretched for u.s. Madame Blavat.
sky's Isis Unveiled" has replaced the
Bible in many houses. One man makes a
practice of reading from it to his family
regularly every evening, and Sunday after
moons he 3 10 S0nt
QUESTIONS, HIS DAUGHTER
on the weeks reading, as his father used
to question him on Scripture lessons. The
progress OF the ages! The daughter is a
member OF class of women who, during
the winter. have been studying astrology
under the guidance of an aStrolOger on the
North side. She casts horoscopes and cal.
| clllateS the natlvitieS of her friends and
relatives with perfect faith in the genuine.
ness OF the science, as do also her sister
| students One woman has cast the horo
scope OF her baby, and now lets the child
chew buttons, play with fire or crawl head
first clown stairs with the utmost uncon.
Germ. because its horoscope shows long
life, free from accidents. Another woman
has found that in 1892 her ''house of life;
Is to be attacked by three bad planets, and
so complete are her arrangements for hel
| death that she has already ex-
acted a promise from her husband
not to marry again. The 'falr-conlplex-
Toned sister of Theosophy." spiritualism.
Is not without numerous strong supporters
The Theosophists have their headquarters
on the North side, and the hot-bed of spir-
| ltuallsm is on the West side. Its bright
particular star is Cora V. Richmond Mrs.
Richmonds house is destitute of books or
any evfdence' OF culture, and it is claimed
by herself andoher adherents that she is a
woman OF no education whatever. and that
the eloquent harangues she delivers are
purely inspirational. She is simply voice
through which her control" or guide. y
speaks. Like Henry James Verona, who
captured the Bostonians with her .inspira-
tional' eloquence, Mrs. Richmond declares
herself entirely unconscious of how the
SUPERNATURAL AGENCIES
work in and through her. But, unlike
Verona. Mrs. Richmond when not i'm an
inspired state is dull, heavy and wofuily
commonplace. She resembles George Sand
III that she finds one man insufficient to
satisfy the demands of her great nature.
With all the spirits of departed geniuses
at her command. she has still found il
necessary to make use of six husbands i'm
turn. Last Sunday evening she gave an
authentic account of the spiritual and
physical conditions of life on the planets.
Her audience was made up mostly Of gray
haired men and middle aged women. Mrs.
Rlchmond swept up on the platform clad in
trained black velvet and satin dress,
trimmed with passementerie, and wearing
garland of white and red roses and green
leaves that extended from one shoulder
across the front of her waist
to the belt and half way down one side of
the dress. She is large woman, with
blonde hair, grey eyes. a nose with red
tinge that would be suspicious were she a
man. and a coarse mouth. While the
| choir sang she sat back on the platform
with closed eyes, looking very much as if
she were suffering from severe attack of
spring fever. Her believers would have
told you she was in trance, and when her
control took possession of her galyanic
smile extended her thick lips. she opened
her eyes and fixed them on the ceiling, The
singing at all end. she advanced to the
front. delivered prayer suggestive of
''Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" i'm point
of being an evolutionary effort, and then
was announced ready to answer any CUES
tons. These questions written
ON SLIPS OF PAPER
had been collected from the audience and
man proceeded to read them The first